You tell me now that you feel that you just can’t go on
That every time you try to reason out the why
Nothing seems to fit
Not even the child’s voice sounding in the yard.
Everything you say it feels at an end
You tell me that the only way to make it all worth while
Is to die.
Then I say
Listen boy you just don’t know the facts all
So listen up here to these words I’ve got to say
Nothing I have ever built has lasted through the years
The only thing it seems is the life I built with you
That was when I realized that all that had happened to me
Was just a sacrifice that showed me where I had to be
And do you know that all that has fallen has made me what I am
And with you it has all made amends.
I cry the tears I cry in silent prayer today
While hearing you say
I just don’t have the strength to see it all through
I just can’t watch my little boy get lost.
There’s just no way I could live with that
Can’t you see
It hurts too much I just can’t go on with the pain
I feel like a failure to my son and to my wife
So please try and understand my reasons why
It’s really no one’s fault
Except my own.
Then I say
Listen boy you just don’t know the facts all
So listen up here to these words I’ve got to say
Nothing I have ever built has lasted through the years
The only thing it seems is the life I built with you
That was when I realized that all that had happened to me
Was just a sacrifice that showed me where I had to be
And do you know that all that has fallen has made me what I am
And with you it has all made amends.
And then everything went dead
No more words came pouring from the phone.
Not even the pleading of crying all alone
Slowly I stood and fell upon the floor
Suddenly I felt
That nothing I had built had lasted through the years
Not even the part that made it all worth while.
It all just feels at an end.
Then I felt the warm embrace of my wife
Who said honey what’s wrong.
Nothing I have ever built has lasted through the years.
Not even the part that made it all worth while.
Then she said
Listen you just don’t know the facts all
So listen up here to these words I’ve got to say
Nothing I have ever built has lasted through the years
The only thing it seems is the life I built with you
That was when I realized that all that had happened to me
Was just a sacrifice that showed me where I had to be
And do you know that all that has fallen has made me what I am
And with you it has all made amends.
So please don’t give in now.
Please last with me through the years.
Please don’t give in now.
Please last with me through the years.
Written 1994